LAWRENCE, Kansas – We began doing “Little Scottie” in October 2008 as a color webcomic with no consistent format or structure and only a self-imposed weekly deadline. Since then, we’ve completed 150 strips. 118 of them appeared in The University Daily Kansan newspaper over the course of three full semesters and a summer.
LAWRENCE, Kansas — In the wake of several suicides involving gay teens ranging in age from 13 to 19, “cyberbullying” has quickly become the buzzword du jour.
These events are a stark reminder of what those of us in the gay community already know: being gay isn’t easy. But while the issue of anti-gay bullying is very real, cyberbullying is not simply limited to straight people targeting gays.
Since the early days of chat rooms, message boards and instant messaging, there has been an opportunity for people to attack others with little or no consequence.
LAWRENCE, Kansas — Contrary to what some are suggesting after last Tuesday’s “Little Scottie” comic, we are not homophobic bigots with an axe to grind. In fact, we agree that “the heterosexual community often hypersexualizes the queer community in order to vilify them.” There is one problem. We are not part of the heterosexual community. We’re gay.